Fastener



May s, 1923. 1,454,832

4 F. S. CARR FASTENER Filed'June 25. 1919 Imvew/o im Wed JS. (7a/rm,

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`l':"IREI'.lI) S. CARR, OF NEWTON', MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ARR` FASTENEB/ COlVL- PANY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MAINE;

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'Application meenam@ a5, 1919. serial No. 306,581.

To all w hom t may concern Be it known that I, FRED S. CARR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex, Cornmonwealth of Massachusetts (whose postoliice address is care of Carr Fastener Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts), have invented an Improvement in Fasteners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying` drawings,xis a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts. y

This invention pertains' to improvements in fasteners. y l

In the drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of a few forms of my invention Fig. 1 shows a preferred form of vmy invention applied to two pieces of fabric to be held together,such, for instance, as the opposite sides of an oilskin coat;

Fig. 2 is a section on the Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 1 with a preferred additional feature, hereinafter more fully described;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4.--4V of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 shows a preferred form of fastener having the fastener elements opposite one another and concealed beneath the outer layer of fabric;

Fig. 6 is a section von the line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 shows a modification of the fastener shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, I have shown an outer layer of fabric 9 carrying a-stud element 10 secured thereto in any suitable way and a cooperating socket element 11 secured to fabric 12, the marginal portion of which is illustrated as underline 2--2 of lying the fabric 9. Where, as shown in Fig.

1, both stud and socket are exposed, the stud is preferably provided with an elongated y neck 13, preferably offset as best shown in Fig. 2, and turned inwardly at the end, being provided with a head 14. The socket 11 is provided with a stud-receiving aperture, herein shown as a slot provided by up-v wardly projecting portions 15 providing a channel into which the head 14 ofthe stud may be entered from the top by a movement in a general direction parallelto the adjal cent marginal portions of the fabric 59 and 12. The front of the Vchannelis preferably slotted asshown, topermit passage therethrough of that portion of the neck 13 adj acent the headY 14. Accidentalseparation of stud and socket is preferably opposed by resilient means, herein typified by the spring portion 16, which may be struck upfrom the. metal forming the socket 11.

When it is desired toconnec't the stud and socket, the stud may be enteredin the socket thereof, the neck of the stud adjacent the head engages thesidey of theaperture adjacent the material carrying the stud, thereby n providing an unyielding abutment opposing accidental separation of the fastener. When it is desired to separate the stud and socket, the former is moved downwardly or the latter moved upwardly when a preferred arrangement shown in the drawings is.uti-

lized.

Fig. 3 differs from Fig. 1 in' that a notch 17 is vprovided' into which the neck of the stud enters when under lateral strain, this notch preferably being relatively shallow so that to effect separating movement it is not necessary toeXert separating strain in more than one general direction.

In the form of vmy invention shown in Fig. 5, the stud and socketv are both con-A cealed beneath the outer layer of material,v being opposite one another, but otherwise cooperatingin the same way as previously described in connection with Fig. 1vand`` Fig. 3.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a form of stud and socket differing somewhat from that shown inthe otherv figures in that the studreceiving channel is not slotted, but is made in the form of apocket into which the l adjacent surfaces of the fabric, thereby to lie somewhat flatter than in the. other illustrative embodiments of vmy invention, the` ,y

stud preferably having the general forma-l tion of a hook. ln Fig. 7 l have shown a spring 18 for holding the rhead of the stud entered in the pocket, the spring preferably being, as shown, separate from the material forming the body of the socket. f

While l have shown and described a few preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that a considerable number of changes involving omission, substitution, alternation and reversal of parts, and even changes in the mode of operation, may bemade without departing from they scope of my invention, which is best defined in the following claims:

l. A separable fastener comprising, in combination, cooperating stud and socket members, the stud member having a shank projecting laterally past the edge of the studcarrying fabric and the socket member having a stud-receiving channel disposed at an angle to the normal line of strain between the fabrics, said socket secured to the socketcarrying fabric at a point beyond the edge of the stud-carrying fabric when stud and socket are engaged one with the other.

2. A fastener comprising', in combination, a stud and a socket, said socket having a stud-receiving channel disposed in aI general direction perpendicular to the line of strain between stud and socket,said channel havrelation to the socket, while permitting sepay ration of stud and socket by a resolution of force in a'direction lengthwise of the chan-V nel and toward the entrance opening thereof'.

A stud and socket fastener comprising, in combination, a stnd having a relatively long neck or shank portion and a head, a socket providing a channel for receiving said head of said stud, said shank or neck being offset and having said head projecting inwardly therefrom to permit entrance of said head into said channel. l

4. A stud and socket fastener comprising in combination, a stud having a relatively long neck or shank portion and a head, a socket providing a channel foi` receiving said head of said stud, said channel extending in a direction transverse to the line of strain between the stud and socket, and said shank or neck being offset to permit entrance of said head in said channel.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED s. CARR. 

